Lot Essay
See Ray and Lee Grover, English Cameo Glass (1980), p.23, pl. C12 for a silver-mounted decanter of similar colour and form.
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A Stourbridge citron-yellow, pale-pink and white double-overlay silver-mounted cameo decanter
probably Thomas Webb & Sons, with globular body, cylindrical neck, and short looped branch handle, carved with a butterfly amongst branches of flowering roses, the silver-mounted neck and globular hinged stopper decorated with flowering branches, engraved Linnie A. McCoon./June 1. 1887., and hallmarked for Gorham, USA, circa 1880 -- 24cm. overall
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probably Thomas Webb & Sons, with globular body, cylindrical neck, and short looped branch handle, carved with a butterfly amongst branches of flowering roses, the silver-mounted neck and globular hinged stopper decorated with flowering branches, engraved Linnie A. McCoon./June 1. 1887., and hallmarked for Gorham, USA, circa 1880 -- 24cm. overall
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